About:

• Available Sizes: One
• Size: 20 – 22″ {51 – 56cm} Head Circumference
• Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
• Pattern Language: English
• Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
• PDF Format: Printer & Mobile Friendly
• Bonus: Video, Checklist

Techniques:

• Knit Flat {Back & Forth}
• Knit & Purl Stitches
• Cable Stitches
• Sew Seam

Materials:

• Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
• Yardage: 60 – 70 yards {55 – 64 meters}
• Suggested Yarn: Cascade Yarns, Spuntaneous
• Needle Size: US 11 {8mm} Knitting Needles
• Extras: Cable Needle
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Details:

• Measurements, After Seaming: 5 1/2″ Height x 9 1/2″ {14cm x 24cm}
• Gauge: 16 STS & 17 rows per 4” {10cm} square, knit in the pattern below
• Weight: 4.1oz {115g}

Notes:

• Not reversible.
• The CO edge is the height.
• Knit using the cable knit stitch.

Video:

Click here to watch the “BO & Sew Seam” video tutorial.

Pattern, Knit Flat {Back & Forth}:

• CO 20 STS
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• Row 1 {RS}: P2 *K* P2
• Row 2 {WS}: *P*
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• Row 3 {RS}: P2, K4, C4B, C4F, K4, P2
• Row 4 {WS}: *P*
• Row 5 {RS}: P2, K2, C4B, K4, C4F, K2, P2
• Row 6 {WS}: *P*
• Row 7 {RS}: P2, C4B, K8, C4F, P2
• Row 8 {WS}: *P*
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• Repeat rows 3-8, 11 times, for a total of 12, or until about 18” {46cm} long
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• Last Row {RS}: BO in P2 *K* P2
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• End:
• Sew CO & BO edge together.
• Weave in the ends.
• No blocking necessary.

Abbreviations:

• * – * – repeat between *
• BO – bind-off in pattern
• C4B – cable4back {Transfer 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the back of your work, knit the next 2 stitches and then knit the 2 stitches off the cable needle}
• C4F – cable4front {Transfer 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the front of your work, knit the next 2 stitches and then knit the 2 stitches off the cable needle}
• CO – cast-on {long-tail cast-on method}
• K – knit stitches {K1 means to knit 1 stitch}
• P – purl stitches {P2 means to purl 2 stitches}
• RS – right side
• STS – stitches
• WS – wrong side

Gauge: